Vigilante sequel takes a meaner turn

8:55 PM,
Aug. 15, 2013

Written by

Bill Goodykoontz
| Gannett

"Kick-Ass," the 2010 movie that poked holes in the superhero genre, was insanely violent, profane and over the top.

Naturally, I took my mother, who was 81, to see it. It says something about the amount of heart Matthew Vaughn's film had that is was probably her favorite movie of the year.

"Kick-Ass 2" also is insanely violent and profane, but not nearly as fun. Is it simply a matter of the bloom being off the rose? That the originality of an 11-year-old girl cursing like a sailor before literally cutting off a bad guy at the knees isn't as ... well, whatever it isn't when she's a 15-year-old? ...